that stupid fucking jesus jones song… “right here right now” mentions Bob Dylan amidst all that mid 80s critical theory bullshit they must’ve remembered from college while doing bonghits and watching the Berlin Wall get chopped down.
then I wrote:
fiddle dee dee…I meant to say: “all that mid 80s critical theory bullshit [about the “end of history”].”
Oats beats me to the Yer Blues gimme by a minute. So I’ll go with another T. Rex song, Ballrooms of Mars:
“Bob Dylan knows, and I bet Alan Freed did: There are things in night that are better not to behold.”
That was mentioned earlier, Geo. Oats is still Last Man Standing.
I know there’s gotta be more out there! I was about to suggest “Abraham, Martin, and John” before realizing that the last verse’s “Bobby” was RFK. That would have been embarrassing to put out there, but I’m sharing this near miss anyhow, to show you that I’m vulnerable.
Jeez, there was no way to import answers given while the URL was broken? For the record, and I believe I was the 1st to answer the thread’s query, I said “A Simple Desultory Philippic” by Simon y Garfunkel, AND I added “God” by John Lennon a few minutes later.
Good call on The Minutemen songs. I don’t know why I didn’t think of those, I was just listening to “Double Nickels…” the other day.
The Entertainer, welcome aboard! I remember you from some correspondence we had a few years back. You’re a fellow fan of the awesome gameshow, Match Game, right?
Mr. Moderator: Yes, that’s right! I am the Match Game fan. Good memory – that conversation was three years ago! (I also am a longtime friend of BigSteve.)
I’m So Restless, from Roger McGuinn’s terrific first solo album:
“Hey, Mr. D do you want me to be
A farmer a cowhand an old country boy
To get up in the a.m. and tend to the chores
And leave all my troubles behind a locked door
Layin’ with my lady and strumming’ on my toy
Oh, I know what you mean and it sounds good to me
But oh, Mr. D. I’m so restless”
In subsequent verses he also addresses Mr. L(ennon) and Mr. J(agger).
And beware the entertainer, for he hath many bits of knowledge with which to torture you.
I also just remembered Me & Bobby D, from Everything But The Girl’s album, Acoustic, where she paints a very unflattering portrait:
“Me and Bobby D don’t get along that easily.
You told the world, “Be free, love life”.
Tell me, is it true you beat your wife?
You see, me and Bobby D don’t get along that easily.
You told the world, “Skip rules have fun”.
Knocked her from here to kingdom come?
How many girls have you had today?
And how many bottles have you downed today?
And while you’re on the skids, who’s minding the kids?
Go to sleep Bobby D, here’s a kiss,
don’t worry your pretty head about this.
[snip]
Me and old Bobby D don’t get along that famously
A saviour and a seer? Maybe,
but he never meant that much to me.
Sure, I’d love a wild life,
but every wild man needs a mother or wife.
The seven seas you roam
and who’s waiting at home?”
I skipped the part where she tears into Kerouac (Saint Jack K).
cdm, as this is your Last Man Standing challenge, I think you’re fit to judge on the validity of the first batch of responses posted on that other thread. With this link down, Townspeople faced dire times. Have mercy, if you’re asking for my advice, have mercy, baby.
That said, those fine initial answers have since been topped.
the entertainer, I don’t forget a Match Game fan or an old friend of BigSteve. Because of this, if you ask my wife, I do forget many more important things.
The second version of Wyclef’s “Gone ’til November” had the line “Knockin’ on Heaven’s door like I’m Bob Dylan.” The video featured a cameo from a nearly comatose Dylan when that line hits.
Uh, I hope I’m not totally out of line here, but could we have a temporary moratorium on DYLAN threads for a while? I think there have been 3 since I joined up, & that was only a week and 1/2 ago.
Themes usuallly develop naturally, Bobby. It’s not unusual that we go on a little run like this, especially for an RTH Warhorse like Dylan. Soon enough I’m sure any current thread will spur a new string of briefly tiring thematically related threads. Have faith. Have mercy.
Mr.Mod, & I guess you gotta serve somebody, may as well be Zimmy. I just hope we get on to a more prescient thread like, “Who’d Win in a Fight; Molly Hatchet or Black Oak Arkansas?”…..
I keeed! (Sort of.)
“The Lonesome Ballad of Robert Zimmerman” by Hogan’s Fountain, from their album “Shine Your Light On Me.” Ya’ll should check this one out if your Dylan fans. I saw them play in Nashville, and they freakin rock…You can download this tune from i-tunes, and find em on myspace. I think we might be hearing a lot more from these guys in the near future.
Flakes, by Zappa. Adrian Belew does a Dylan impersonation for a whole verse, complete with harmonica, and Zappa mumbles, “Wanna buy some Mandies, Bob?” It’s from the Sheik Yerbouti album.
I will just assume that I am not the last man standing, since I never am. You rock and roll geeks are relentless as water and air, when working in multiples. (I don’t discount myself in that appellation, by the way.)
Hey, I’m back from a long weekend out of town. This URL has been fixed, so now you can show us how smart you are. LET’S GET IT ON!
There’s a song I like from the last Cat Power album that I’m pretty sure is about Dylan, “Song for Bobby.”
“Bobby’s all right,
Bobby’s all right,
He’s a natural born poet,
He’s just outta sight.”
T. Rex – Telegram Sam
Got two:
(1)Richard Belzer ” The Ballad of Bob Dylan”
“He was a skinny Jew, one of the few from Minnesota, they had a quota”
(2)Kevn Kinney (of Drivin’ N’ Cryin’) “MacDougal Blues”
“Thought I’d see a million Dylans, maybe a Joni Mitchel or two..I met Buster Poindexter…at the Fishwich”
Song for Bob Dylan – David Bowie
first I wrote:
that stupid fucking jesus jones song… “right here right now” mentions Bob Dylan amidst all that mid 80s critical theory bullshit they must’ve remembered from college while doing bonghits and watching the Berlin Wall get chopped down.
then I wrote:
fiddle dee dee…I meant to say: “all that mid 80s critical theory bullshit [about the “end of history”].”
fiddle dee dum.
“Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue & Me” by John Wesley Harding.
“God” by John Lennon
“Gotta Serve Somebody” by Bob Dylan
That Counting Crows song. I don’t know the name, it’s the one they actually played.
Did you know the singer of that band has gone bald and his hair is a hat now? If I needed a hair hat, I’d get a more stylish one.
minutemen: bob dylan wrote propaganda songs.
“Bob Dylan’s Blues” by Syd Barrett
‘Til Tuesday, “Coming Up Close” (“We sat in the car and listened to a Dylan tape”)
History Lesson – Part II by the Minutemen “Mr Narrator, this is Bob Dylan to me”
The Beatles, “Yer Blues.”
Oats beats me to the Yer Blues gimme by a minute. So I’ll go with another T. Rex song, Ballrooms of Mars:
“Bob Dylan knows, and I bet Alan Freed did: There are things in night that are better not to behold.”
I hadn’t seen Adam Duritz new look. He should be sued for stealing Sideshow Bob’s look.
Garden Party by Rick Nelson, “Mr Hughes hid in Dylan’s shoes wearing his disguise”
Plastic Ono Band, “Give Peace a Chance.”
Minutemen again!
Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
That was mentioned earlier, Geo. Oats is still Last Man Standing.
I know there’s gotta be more out there! I was about to suggest “Abraham, Martin, and John” before realizing that the last verse’s “Bobby” was RFK. That would have been embarrassing to put out there, but I’m sharing this near miss anyhow, to show you that I’m vulnerable.
Neil Young, Bandit: “You’re invisible, you’ve got too many secrets, Bob Dylan said that or something like that.”
Jeez, there was no way to import answers given while the URL was broken? For the record, and I believe I was the 1st to answer the thread’s query, I said “A Simple Desultory Philippic” by Simon y Garfunkel, AND I added “God” by John Lennon a few minutes later.
Good call on The Minutemen songs. I don’t know why I didn’t think of those, I was just listening to “Double Nickels…” the other day.
Beastie Boys – 3 Minute Rule
“I’m just chillin’ like Bob Dylan.”
This post finally prompted me to stop lurking and join RTH, just so I could torture you with the following knowledge.
Hootie and the Blowfish – “I Only Wanna Be With You” contains the following:
“Put on a little Dylan…”
“Ain’t Bobby so cool…”
The Entertainer, welcome aboard! I remember you from some correspondence we had a few years back. You’re a fellow fan of the awesome gameshow, Match Game, right?
Mr. Moderator: Yes, that’s right! I am the Match Game fan. Good memory – that conversation was three years ago! (I also am a longtime friend of BigSteve.)
Generation X “Ready Steady Go”
“I was in love with Bobby Dylan
because I’m in love with rock and roll…”
I need a ruling here, Mod. I called Generation X “Ready Steady Go” on the other link while this one was dead. Do those posts count?
I’m So Restless, from Roger McGuinn’s terrific first solo album:
“Hey, Mr. D do you want me to be
A farmer a cowhand an old country boy
To get up in the a.m. and tend to the chores
And leave all my troubles behind a locked door
Layin’ with my lady and strumming’ on my toy
Oh, I know what you mean and it sounds good to me
But oh, Mr. D. I’m so restless”
In subsequent verses he also addresses Mr. L(ennon) and Mr. J(agger).
And beware the entertainer, for he hath many bits of knowledge with which to torture you.
I also just remembered Me & Bobby D, from Everything But The Girl’s album, Acoustic, where she paints a very unflattering portrait:
“Me and Bobby D don’t get along that easily.
You told the world, “Be free, love life”.
Tell me, is it true you beat your wife?
You see, me and Bobby D don’t get along that easily.
You told the world, “Skip rules have fun”.
Knocked her from here to kingdom come?
How many girls have you had today?
And how many bottles have you downed today?
And while you’re on the skids, who’s minding the kids?
Go to sleep Bobby D, here’s a kiss,
don’t worry your pretty head about this.
[snip]
Me and old Bobby D don’t get along that famously
A saviour and a seer? Maybe,
but he never meant that much to me.
Sure, I’d love a wild life,
but every wild man needs a mother or wife.
The seven seas you roam
and who’s waiting at home?”
I skipped the part where she tears into Kerouac (Saint Jack K).
Bye Bye Miss American Pie
cdm, as this is your Last Man Standing challenge, I think you’re fit to judge on the validity of the first batch of responses posted on that other thread. With this link down, Townspeople faced dire times. Have mercy, if you’re asking for my advice, have mercy, baby.
That said, those fine initial answers have since been topped.
the entertainer, I don’t forget a Match Game fan or an old friend of BigSteve. Because of this, if you ask my wife, I do forget many more important things.
“If they follow you, don’t look back, like Dylan in the movies…on your own, don’t look back.”
Don’t Look Back
Belle & Sebastian
The second version of Wyclef’s “Gone ’til November” had the line “Knockin’ on Heaven’s door like I’m Bob Dylan.” The video featured a cameo from a nearly comatose Dylan when that line hits.
“And things got weird
And I started growing
Bob Dylan’s beard”
From “Bob Dylan’s 49th Beard” by Wilco
The opening line of Kris Kristofferson’s “If You Don’t Like Hank Williams” is “I dig Bobby Dylan and I dig Johnny Cash…”
Uh, I hope I’m not totally out of line here, but could we have a temporary moratorium on DYLAN threads for a while? I think there have been 3 since I joined up, & that was only a week and 1/2 ago.
Themes usuallly develop naturally, Bobby. It’s not unusual that we go on a little run like this, especially for an RTH Warhorse like Dylan. Soon enough I’m sure any current thread will spur a new string of briefly tiring thematically related threads. Have faith. Have mercy.
Mr.Mod, & I guess you gotta serve somebody, may as well be Zimmy. I just hope we get on to a more prescient thread like, “Who’d Win in a Fight; Molly Hatchet or Black Oak Arkansas?”…..
I keeed! (Sort of.)
What about The Beach Boys?
Didn’t they sing “BobBobBob-BobaDyLAN”
(sorry)
I think we actually had a thread a while back on which rock dude you’d want on your side in a knife-fight.
Probably Joan Jett.
“The Lonesome Ballad of Robert Zimmerman” by Hogan’s Fountain, from their album “Shine Your Light On Me.” Ya’ll should check this one out if your Dylan fans. I saw them play in Nashville, and they freakin rock…You can download this tune from i-tunes, and find em on myspace. I think we might be hearing a lot more from these guys in the near future.
Look who’s Last Man Standing!
Flakes, by Zappa. Adrian Belew does a Dylan impersonation for a whole verse, complete with harmonica, and Zappa mumbles, “Wanna buy some Mandies, Bob?” It’s from the Sheik Yerbouti album.
I will just assume that I am not the last man standing, since I never am. You rock and roll geeks are relentless as water and air, when working in multiples. (I don’t discount myself in that appellation, by the way.)